Download or read book Contemporary Marketing and Consumer Behavior written by John F. Sherry and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-05-02 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of marketing and consumer behaviour comprises original articles, both theoretical and empirical, and serves as a sourcebook for those interested in consumption and managerial consequences. Issues discussed include: elements of the marketing mix; advertising and promotion; relationship management; managerial intervention and stakeholder response; organization behaviour; economic development; class-and-gender-linked consumer behaviour; and the production of consumption. They are examined using anthropological perspectives and methods ranging from materialistic to semiotic.